Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856)
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Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist noted to be one of the founders of physical chemistry. He was actually a physics professor but he experimented in both physics and chemistry using mathematics to base most of his findings. Avogadro is well known for his hypothesis known as Avogadro's Law. Hi ....
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.... because he was very isolated from the mainstream of chemistry done in his time.
Avogadro's work was recognized nearly fifty years after he had made his hypothesis. Two years after his death, his colleague, Cannizzaro, showed how the use of Avogadro's number could solve many of the problems in chemistry. This time Avogadro's paper was looked at more carefully over a wider and more distinguished group of scientists, thus his work was finally recognized. Avogadro's work helped other scientists t ....
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